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The Physiology of Taste : Or Transcendental Gastronomy
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savarin, Brillat.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gastronomy.
- Meditations.
- Taste.
- Local Subjects:
- Gastronomy.
- Meditations.
- Taste.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (428 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waiheke Island : The Floating Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826) has been credited with founding the genre of the gastronomic essay, together with Grimod. A French lawyer and politician, Brillat-Savarin believed that all food, no matter how simple, should be prepared and consumed with great artistry. Though prosaic, his meditations on food are still considered important, and should be read in the leisurely, artistic way he approached food: ""Those persons who suffer from indigestion...
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Biographical Sketch; Aphorisms of the Professor; Biography; Preface; PART FIRST; Meditation I The Senses; Meditation II Taste; Meditation III Gastronomy; Meditation IV Appetite; Meditation V Food in Germs; Meditation VI Food in Germs; Meditation VII Theory of Frying; Meditation VIII On Thirst; Meditation IX On Drinks; Meditation X An Episode on the End of the World; Meditation XI On Gourmandise; Meditation XII Gourmands; Meditation XIII Gastronomical Tests; Meditation XIV On the Pleasures of the Table; Meditation XV Haltes De Chasse; Meditation XVI On Digestion
- Meditation XVII ReposeMeditation XVIII Sleep; Meditation XIX Dreams; Meditation XX Influence of Diet on Rest, Sleep and Dreams; Meditation XXI Obesity; Meditation XXII Preservative Treatment and Cure of Obesity; Meditation XXIII Thinness; Meditation XXIV Fasting; Meditation XXV Exhaustion; Meditation XXVI Death; Meditation XXVII Philosophical History of the Kitchen; Meditation XXVIII Restaurateurs; PART SECOND; Varieties; I L'omelette Du Cure; II A National Victory; III Mystification of the Professor and Defeat of a General; IV The Snare; V The Turbot; VI Pheasants
- VII Gastronomical Industry of the EmigresVIII Recollections of the Emigration; Miscellany; Conclusion; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-77556-373-1
- OCLC:
- 630530411
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